I headed south down the A140 to the Ipswich area today. Before I indulged in some 'parklife' I made my way through the lanes to Levington Creek on the north side of the Orwell. I was greeted by Paul Holmes who told me a
Siberian Chiffchaff had been found at the head of the creek. That was a bonus as I'd not come for that! It was 'lost' but after a couple of
Chiffchaffs and
Goldcrests and a
Song Thrush I soon re-found the Sibe and it gave some nice views but refused to call. With some great directions from Paul I set out on a walk in the rain (not forecast!) and soon found
3 Water Pipits, at one point all perched in a row on some low posts on the edge of the saltmarsh. Several
Rock Pipits were around too as well as a single
Grey Plover amongst a small group of
Black-tailed Godwits and
Redshank. A
Common Buzzard, c120 Golden Plover and loads of
Knot flying in on the rising tide concluded things before I headed into town.
Levington Creek saltmarsh
My destination in town was Christchurch Park. Unlike Blur I didn't feed 'the sparras and the pigeons too' but did see the
2 Goosander (a pair),
c12 Mandarin, Little Grebe, 3 Stock Doves, Cormorant and
2 Brown Rats amongst the selection of dubious wildfowl. On the walk back through the park a flock of
c30 Redwings were constantly being flushed by dogs with inconsiderate owners throwing balls where they could see I was trying to photograph. Nuff said! One looked distinctly like an
Icelandic Redwing - photo below
Yearlist = 132
Goosander
Mandarins
Redwing
Possible 'Icelandic' Redwing
Stock Dove
Cormorant
Black Duck lookalike!
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